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Learn Robotics Programming

Learn Robotics Programming

By : Danny Staple
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Learn Robotics Programming

Learn Robotics Programming

4.9 (8)
By: Danny Staple

Overview of this book

We live in an age where the most difficult human tasks are now automated. Smart and intelligent robots, which will perform different tasks precisely and efficiently, are the requirement of the hour. A combination of Raspberry Pi and Python works perfectly when making these kinds of robots. Learn Robotics Programming starts by introducing you to the basic structure of a robot, along with how to plan, build, and program it. As you make your way through the book, you will gradually progress to adding different outputs and sensors, learning new building skills, and writing code for interesting behaviors with sensors. You’ll also be able to update your robot, and set up web, phone, and Wi-Fi connectivity in order to control it. By the end of the book, you will have built a clever robot that can perform basic artificial intelligence (AI) operations.
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What is inside a robot?

We can start by looking at a robot as a physical system. However, instead of looking at it all joined together, you can see how a typical hobby rover looks when totally disassembled in the following diagram:

A hobby rover with components laid out

A robot can also be visualized as a block diagram of connected parts. Block diagrams use simple shapes to show a rough idea of how things may be connected. Refer to the following diagram:

A robot block diagram

The preceding diagram is a block diagram. This is not a formal notation; the important factor is that you can clearly see the blocks of functionality you intend in the hardware, with the high-level flow of data between them. This can be a sketch on the back of a bit of scrap paper. The key I've created is off the top of my head, but it must be something that helps distinguish sensors, outputs, and...

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